National Academy of Sciences

News about National Academy of Sciences, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Aug. 18, 2014

Editorial notes that formaldehyde, widely used in consumer products and industrial processes, has been judged carcinogen by the National Academy of Sciences despite efforts of chemical industry to confuse the issue; says verdict amounts to vote of confidence in National Toxicology Program, interagency program that prepares lists of known and suspected carcinogens and that has repeatedly been attacked by industries whose products are affected. MORE

Jul. 25, 2014

Report by National Academy of Sciences finds that American nuclear engineers are better at calculating risks of internal failures in country's nuclear plants, but less adept at assessing consequences of accidents caused by outside events; calls for increased focus on failures caused by external catastrophic events, such as earthquakes or floods. MORE

Feb. 26, 2013

Marshall D Sahlins, social anthropologist at the University of Chicago, resigns from the National Academy of Sciences over its decision to admit researcher Napoleon A Chagnon; Sahlins and Chagnon have been at odds for decades over validity of sociobiology, idea that human social behavior is shaped by evolution and culture, not culture alone. MORE

Mar. 31, 2012

National Academy of Sciences report concludes that the United States does not need to explode nuclear weapons in order to be sure its aging arsenal is still potent. MORE

Jan. 26, 2012

Expert panel of the National Academy of Sciences calls for further study of the minuscule substances called nanomaterials which are found in products from makeup to paint and drive a $225 billion market; says not enough is known about their potential health and environmental risks. MORE

Dec. 13, 2011

One hundred years after the historic expeditions of Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole, Antarctica has become one vast international laboratory for research in sciences as diverse as astrophysics, climatology, geophysics and oceanography; the National Academy of Sciences has published study identifying key questions that should drive research there over the next 10 to 20 years; recommendations focus on continent's role in global warming, for which many scientists consider region a bellwether. MORE

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